Immediate need for a talented Development Product Owner (DPO This is a 09+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Colorado Springs, CO (Remote Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interestednbsp;Job ID: 24-39899 Pay Range: $50 - $55/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work locationKey Responsibilities: Serves as the business requirements expert, engaging and managing the work of subject matter specialists from the business. Serves as the day-to-day decision-maker and provides continual business guidance for the execution team. Works with business and Enterprise stakeholders to understand and validate business strategy and vision, and customer needs. Serves as direct representative of the business with delivery teams, representing/reinforcing the customers39; perspective throughout the product realization cycle. Works with the business process owners to develop metrics to manage and track benefits, adoption, and risks to operations. Assists with project-level plans related to schedule, scope, and resources. Lead & collaborate with, and motivate a cross-functional team of user experience partners, designers, business analysts, developers, testers and others to develop, execute, and release in alignment with the program, and/or product roadmaps. Manages, prioritizes, and assesses the impact of all work items, such as new features, defects, etc., including providing the decision to create, fix or defer at the project level. Reviews, and when appropriate, accepts and prioritizes feedback and new requirements from stakeholders. Reviews and accepts or declines output of development to ensure specified acceptance criteria have been completed. Prepares the business for the change and arms them with tactics and metrics for benefits, adoption, and risk. Assists with coaching less experienced DPOs and team members The Development Product Owner (DPO) will be responsible for navigating each of the systems to refine features assigned to them and write stories for IT teams to execute. The responsibility of these individuals will be to take business-written features and partner with IT to refine the features and break them down into stories that can be assigned out to agile teams to develop. The individual will be responsible for maintaining the backlog of features/stories and ensuring that by the start of each quarter, the IT team has enough ready work for that program increment.Key Requirements and Technology Experience: Knowledge of multiple technical software delivery methodologies (i.e., Agile, Waterfall, SAFe) with a proven track record in using these skills to develop and manage products through the entire product life cycle. Experience in engineering methodologies and Change Management practices to translate business requirements into functional specifications. Experience in process improvement, project delivery, business/requirements analysis, or directly related to supported business operations/product lines. Must have a background in Scaled Agile (Safe, Kaizen, LeSS) Preferred to have had previous experience as an Agile Product Owner Business Architecture/Human Centered Design background familiarity Data Design background is preferred Clarity, Rally, Jira.Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate considerationnbsp;Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local lawscha